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NZ Super adopts new climate change investment risk strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... institutional investors including AP4 and PGGM, applied the learnings from a 2015 climate change study by Mercer, and was informed by the NZ government and international policy on climate change. NZ Super has long integrated responsible investment into ...

ACSI issues vote warning to remaining all-male ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has informed ASX-listed companies without female directors that they will face votes against sitting directors in 2017. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO In 2015, ACSI adopted a target for women to comprise ...

VicSuper publishes 2016 annual report using IR, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... simpler, remove red tape from processes, and make communications simpler to understand but help people take action. This is informed by a lot of work our insights team, and there is a lot more personalisation is happening behind the scenes to target ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... can't kick the can down the road about it anymore." Corporate directors have a legal responsibility to be adequately informed about the risks and opportunities associated with climate change. This doesn't mean that every risk associated with climate ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... standards, is the best way a business can ensure it discloses the information its investors and other stakeholders need for informed decision making," said Alyson Slater, knowledge director, GRI. "This is about much more than producing a sustainability ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia this week and spoke to The Sustainability Report. "We do sustainable investing at Robeco because it leads to better informed decisions," Lim said. "... The body of evidence supporting that belief has grown, and academic evidence has shown that ...

Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Investing and Impact Investing Australia A practical guide to understanding social costs: Developing the evidence base for informed social impact investment gives practical tools to help the social services sector to identify costs, patterns of need ...

Investors look at corporate governance metrics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... so they're going overseas into developed, developing and frontier markets. So they're saying, can we start making some informed discussions about breaking benchmark up, these are the smart companies we're focusing on. You end up investing in interesting ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... to be a responsible owner of the companies we invest in. "Our ESG policy dictates that we follow a rigorous process, informed by advice from our internal investment team and external engagement service providers. In divesting from the company, our priority ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... does not single out any one company. "It's essential that this information is disclosed to investors so they can make informed decisions about the companies they invest in," said David Cooke, a lawyer who works at ClientEarth. " Without this information ...